Compensation Specialist

Maven; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A market-leading trading firm in Greater London seeks a Compensation Specialist to design and implement a comprehensive compensation framework. You will lead compensation structures, conduct benchmarking, and ensure alignment with commercial strategy. Ideal candidates will have proven experience in compensation within financial services and strong technical, analytical, and communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary, annual bonuses linked to performance, and benefits including private medical support and hybrid working.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension

Well-being support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in compensation or reward within financial services or high-growth tech.
• Ability to navigate high-sensitivity data and align frameworks to commercial strategy.
• Experience working across complex or high-performance environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and implement a comprehensive compensation framework.
• Conduct benchmarking across peer firms for comparable trading and quant roles.
• Own cyclical compensation review processes including salary reviews and bonus modeling.

Skills

Strong technical capability in modeling

Benchmarking expertise

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Highly analytical

Strong Excel skills

Job description

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary systematic and market‑making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers and technologists unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate. Maven continues to scale its operations while preserving the dynamic energy and innovative culture of a start‑up but without the associated risks.

The Role

This newly created role represents a strategic opportunity to build the firm’s compensation framework from the ground up. As a Compensation Specialist you will design benchmark and evolve compensation structures that reflect our performance‑driven culture and operational scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and implement a comprehensive compensation framework to cover fixed pay, variable pay, LTIPs, sign‑ons, benefits and equity.
• Utilise the already established job architecture to support transparent progression and cross‑divisional clarity.
• Develop compensation structures tailored to the distinct needs of Market Making, Multi‑Strategy, Technology and Operational units.
• Conduct benchmarking across peer firms (buyside banks, tech) for comparable trading and quant roles.
• Analyse compensation trends and competitor positioning to inform reward philosophy.
• Model scenarios for new compensation mechanics (e.g., deferrals, clawbacks, risk‑adjusted metrics).
• Own cyclical compensation review processes across the firm including salary reviews, bonus modeling and deferred distributions.
• Ensure documentation is structured effectively and adequately recorded to allow for accurate and timely compensation calculations.
• Partner with Finance to align models with budget and accrual accounting strategy.
• Ensure governance and documentation to support confidentiality, consistency and audit‑readiness.
• Collaborate with the Chief People Officer and ExCo to craft a compelling EVP rooted in company values, competitiveness and career growth.
• Support senior leaders in reward decision‑making and communication.
• Partner with Legal on contractual updates, policy refreshes and regulatory alignment.

Experience & Capabilities

• Proven experience in compensation or reward ideally within financial services, proprietary trading or high‑growth tech.
• Strong technical capability in modeling, benchmarking and total reward design.
• Ability to navigate high‑sensitivity data and align frameworks to commercial strategy.
• Experience working across complex or high‑performance environments with diverse role types.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable engaging with ExCo and guiding people managers.
• Excellent attention to detail with a dedication to accuracy, quality and integrity.
• Highly analytical with strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to balance multiple deadlines.
• Strong Excel skills.

Compensation & Benefits

As this role defines the compensation structure, the package will reflect seniority, impact and internal parity.

• Competitive base salary aligned to high‑performance financial services.
• Annual bonus linked to firm performance and role outcomes.
• Benefits include private medical, enhanced pension, well‑being support and hybrid working.
• Flexible compensation components based on experience and value‑add.

Required Experience

IC

Key Skills

Sales Experience, Crane, Customer Service, Communication skills, Heavy Equipment Operation, Microsoft Word, Case Management, OSHA, Team Management, Catheterization, Microsoft Outlook Calendar, EHS

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1